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Old 04-26-2014, 01:54 PM   #12
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Ran over to HF to buy their little 20 - 200 *INCH* pound wrench after reading this thread. Needed to tighten some bolts on the valve cover gasket of my Protege5. The wrench was missing one of two screws on the head near the quarter-inch drive, which does not inspire confidence. I set the wrench to 75 inch pounds and it felt like I might be over-tightening, so I set it down to 20 inch pounds and it still wouldn't "click." I even tried it on some of the bolt heads on the body of the car. Nothing.

I've always been scared of torque wrenches allowing me to over-tighten things, and this experience didn't help. I ended up tightening the bolts 1/4 turn past hand-tightened and I'll check for leaks. Note: At 100k miles, these bolts had come loose on their own, and I was going to replace the valve cover gasket until I noticed I could spin them with my fingers. Apparently, this is a known issue with this engine.

P.S. Went to the local Subaru dealer last night and found a color on the BRZ I liked almost as much as the discontinued Galaxy/dark blue: graphite/dark grey. I'll see what the updated 2015 WR blue looks like and then probably buy.

Last edited by Katapaltes; 04-26-2014 at 02:01 PM. Reason: P.S.
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